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1.Which one do you prefer, a nuclear family or an extended family? Or in other words, would you like to live with your parents or parents-in-law? And why?
2. Could you describe the ideal family you would like to have?

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Chen Fangguo:From my point of view, I wouldn't like to live with my parents or parents-in-law now, but I would go home evermore to call on them. Firstly, we have different lifestyle. Secondly, my wife and I have some private words and other things that we wouldn't hope to been known to the older. Thirdly, my parents always overindulge our little naughty son. Lastly, they love me and often tell me what to do and what not to do. I "hate" it usually. In other words, not living together does not mean that we don't love them. On the contrary, we love them very much.

Deng Weizhe:I like heartily to live with my parents or parents-in-law. Our parents or parents-in-law will go through the process of aging. Their physical changes of aging occur much more gradually and most of them show more or less diseases. They are pleased if they would live with us in their old aging. It is time that we should reward our parents for their breeding loving. I hope that they would enjoy family happiness in their old ages.

Guan Jianzhong:As far as I am concerned, I would like to live with my parents or parents-in-law. First of all, they will not feel alone after retirement, and they also help us take care of kids. Secondly, since we live together, we can not only know what they want and think through communication with them, but also know their health conditions and care for them. Maybe someone says it is not convenient to live together, but anything in the world has two sides, and this depends on yourselves.

Chen Quan:As matter of fact, I love and miss my parents very much. But when I stayed with them, I found there was too much difference between us, such as the standpoint and way to deal with business and so on. If my parents were not happily with us, maybe it is better that we do not live together. But if we did not live together, how do I care for and redound upon them. I want to provide them with a happy and healthy senectitude
Liang Wei:Living together can make us know better what they want, regardless of material and spirit need. By chatting with us, they will know better about our work, feeling, need, and we also can get useful advice from their experience. Every coin has two sides. Living together with elders also can bring some "troubles". Living in the same community but not a house is becoming more popular in Shanghai. The method can satisfy the need of "living together", while remove quarreling.

Liu Junlou:I have to live with my parents-in-law. First, we have no enough money to buy a house. They have a big house we can live in. Secondly, my parents-in-law like me very much. They hope we can live with them together, so that they can help us pull through our painful stage. Finally, living with parents-in-law together, my wife and I can take care of them when they are old. In fact, I hope my parents and parents-in-law can live in the same city near to us. When they are very old, we can take our responsibility to attend them. This is my ideal family I would like to have.

Lu Qingsheng:I like to live with my parents or parents-in-law, because they could take care of my family. I hope they can live in the same city near to us. We can communicate with each other conveniently. We can help and care for each other. When they are very old, maybe we live together again, because they need my tendance.
Chen Jie:Living with parents-in-law I needn't do anything including cleaning, cooking, washing and so on except my work. During the time I am on duty my parents-in-law take care of my daughter for me. So I can do my work attentively. Of course, sometimes there is conflict between us, but after the event my parents-in-law still regarded me as their daughter. It is a folksay that the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is difficult to be harmony. I think the primary cause is in the side of the junior. As long as the junior respects the elders, the elders will devote themselves all to their children.

Zhou Yanming:The family is the cell of society; so many ideal families will build up a strong, healthy and orderly society. How to sustain the family full of fresh enthusiasm and stable is a challenge. Now, most people long for success, as if the work is the whole life. Spending little time with family is dangerous. In my opinion, you should avoid some social minutia and spend with family joyfully. There are too many temptations in our versicolor society, remember an old Chinese apothegm: if you play with fire, you will be done with fire.

Xia Bin:Living with parents fits Chinese tradition custom, and we could take care of our parents conveniently and parents can help us by doing housework and looking after kids. It is more important that our parents and we have more affection communication. The disadvantage of extend family is that contradiction can bring about easily due to life style difference. In nuclear family, our parents and we have own living space, so some conflicts can be avoided; if parents do not live with us, how we take care of them? The ideal method is that our parents and we live in same area, but not in an apartment.

Lu Bin:In fact, I like living with either my parents or my parents-in-law. Firstly, they will help us with housework. Secondly, we couldn't let them stay alone and feel lonely, and we need take them to build up extended family where, I think, they will feel warm and better. Thirdly, when we have a baby, our parents will become more important and indispensable in taking care of our child because they have much experience. On the other hand, if we stay with our parents for a long period, we will find there are many discordant things because of a well-known reason-'generation gap'. So I think a better way to resolve it is DO NOT LIVE WITH MY PARENTS FOR A LONG TIME.

Liu Anan:Most of my friends prefer a nuclear family and do not like to live with parents or parents-in-law. Certainly this does not represent them and regard one's own parents as a kind of burden. They want to avoid causing unnecessary contradiction and conflict in life because of difference of ideas. In China£¬many young couples live with parents or parents-in-law. In such a way, young married couples can be absorbed in their own work and entrust parents with housework and child, and parents can avoid the loneliness. So the ideal and reality are inconsistent!

Xi Yongming:As far as I am concerned, I still prefer an extended family. Firstly, emptiness and solitude/loneliness from retirement will seldom accompany with them. Secondly, Parents or parents-in-law can help us decrease pressure coming from work and family. Thirdly, with aging of parents or parents-in-law, diseases maybe attack them, it is the period that they need helping from their sons and daughter. As for ideal family, in my opinion, it is an extended family where all members stay health; it is a family where we can get warmth, help, comfort and strength and share happiness and enjoy life; it should also be a source of laughter; and it also helps us establish our self-confidence, which is crucial to our further development and mental health.

Zheng Liang:Living with my parents has many advantages. First, we can have a happy family life of 3 generations under one ceiling, enjoying dinner together, talking to each other and taking good care of all family members. Second, my parents can do most housework, cooking, washing and cleaning. We could be free from such heavy burden-time-wasting housework and spend much time on our work and study. Third, our parents are intellectuals, and they can educate my son. What's more, what they say and how they behave have great influence on my son who is very young and needs cultivating and nurturing, and who is sure to be promising. Each coin has two sides, no matter what disadvantages it may have, I stick to the idea that living with parents can also bring a good chance to us to look after my parents especially when they are too old to take care of themselves.

Wang Wei:The ideal family I would like to have is difficult to describe. First of all, the ideal family means "loyalty". It is essential to a family. When the man and woman decide to get married, the seed of unswerving allegiance should take root in their heart, blossom out and last them a lifetime. Secondly, the ideal family means "acceptance". Either husband or wife should respect the other's life-style, accept and understand her or his not only the virtue but also the shortcoming. Thirdly, the ideal family means "warm lough". One could confide to the other freely, being consoled by the other. They could find ways to overcome the difficulties in front of them. Finally, the ideal family means "filial piety". Every one should relate well to his or her parents, respect and support their parent¡¯s heart and soul, especially the other's ones. This is the ideal family I would like to have, is it fantastic?

Zhou Dong:With the development of society, family style has great changed. People have different notion of family, the crucial factor is harmony, not the number of family members. As far as I am concerned, I think that two family styles have advantages and disadvantages. My favorite family style is an ideal type, which can find a balanceable point between above styles. The old do need help in many aspects and we have a strong passion with my parents, so my nuclear family is very near to them. Meanwhile, my parents take care of my cute son when we are on duty. We share the balance between traditional and modern family style; we enjoy the harmony and sweetness of family.

Wang Xin:My little family has three members: my wife, my daughter and me. I am an oncologist of Xiamen Zhongshan Hospital. My wife is an accountant working in the same hospital. My daughter, an elementary school student, is 8 years old, and she is fond of calligraphy, painting and playing piano. Day after day I act as a doctor in hospital, the husband before my wife, the father before my daughter. I feel happy because I have harmonious family.

Cao Xiaopeng:Many young persons like to live alone but not to stay with their parents. Many old people feel alone if their children are away from they. As far as I am concerned, I will stay near to my parents but not live together. If I miss my parent, I will take my wife and my child to my parents. Of course, some young people like to stay with their parents as to save some money. I think we young man should live by ourselves but not to by father. Responsibilities of a man tell me that I should work hard to take more happiness to my parents, wife and my child.

Qu Wei:Different people get totally different answers. For me, a family with parents' true love, a couple's true love, and children's true love must be the most ideal family in the world. An ideal family is centered by unconditional love. Without a tradition of sacrifice for one another, love is broken easily. Isn't it true? Because parents sacrifice for their children, the bond of parental love never breaks. The unconditional love between a husband and wife is the favorite to bring happiness and harmony. In such an ideal environment, the hope of the future can bloom; children's love will be a pure and sincere contribution to the happiness of the family.

Ma Wenqian: In my views, some reasons can be considered. The first one, we have a different lifestyle. Second, under the modern lifestyle, you need not worry about your parents or parents-in-law for it is a convenience society. Maybe it is a good way that you can stay with them in short-term holiday.

Chen Jie1:Living together gives me both happy and trouble. The happy thing is that my parents will take care of my son and me; I need not to do any family work and I can do everything I want; they look after my son very carefully and I can sleep very comfortably. The trouble is generation gap. The difference will make lots of trouble. We always quarrel. When the quarrel is over, I always regret. I know my parents love me very much, I should not hurt them. I always give them money or travel with them, but I know money is not everything, my parents do not need them very much. They need my love.

Since children are important members in a family. The topic of this week centers around children.
How many children would you like to have if you can have free choice? And why?
What's your expectation of your children?
If you haven't a child yet, how would you educate your child when you have one?
And if you are already a father or a mother, what are the education methods you are using now? Are they effective or not?
What do you think of the one-child policy of our country?
I suggest that you present your opinion as an independent article, not merely as a reply to these questions.
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1.Zhoudong: Speaking about how many children I want to have,I would say two children if the policy and economic condition permitted. Because they can play and help each other in their childhood,the more important thing is they will have a ties of blood or relative,besides the only link between children and parents, here , I call it" multi-felling".

 2.Liujunlou:It's a big burden if there are many children in a family.We can't provide enough tendance and education for every child. When I have a child,I will give him or her full freedom in his or her childhood.To our children,I think we are both their parents and their friends. I will persuade him to do something,not to do something when he does wrong.If it is not effective,I will give him a beat ,let him know he is wrong. When I have time,I will take my children to go to travel,I want to keep their eyes open and improve their knowledge about the world.

 3.Chenfangguo: I expect my son to be a healthy and happy boy. I study in Shanghai now , so my baby lives with his mother in my hometown . In my opinion , the education methods on children should be humanity. If I have free choice , I would like to have four children , two boys and two girls. When we get older, when we lost our self-help ability, they could help each other, and they share the responsibility of caring on us.

 4.Chenjie:If we force our child to do what she doesn't like to do the kid studies these skills only in order to make her parents satisfied and So she cann't study them well. I think I won't compel her to do something. So long as the things she does are useful to our society do what she likes to do.

  5.Liuana:I think if I myself can chose freely , I would not even want a child of mine in the future. In the most families of China , once there are children, this child becomes the master of this family in fact . All kinsfolks will work for the growth service of this child. If something goes wrong in the child's growth , it will become parents' psychologically heavy burden. I will have my children. But I hope that there can be a boy and a girl. Because in China's city, children have not siblings of them among family. In my view, they are very lonely. I have an elder sister, I still remember the happy time spent with my elder sister as a child.

 6.Zhouyanming: I am a surgern and workload is very heavy,so I have little time to attend him.His grandmother has taken care of him.Oneday , my son and I went into a kindergarten,He played with other child so merrily and refused to go home,until the kindergarten be closed. From that time on,he likes to go to the kindegarten.I realize that in my family,maybe he is alone in his cockles of the heart.So I want have more child,at least one, sure, a girl, But it is a dream for my family ,policy, money.
First, you should educate your child how to be a moral person,then ,to be a useful member of society.
7.Caoxiaopeng: If I can decide how many children I can have ,I want two or three children. Childhood is a very important phase in one life.If a child have his brother or sister ,he will be full of liability.Thus,when he grows up into society,he will built good relations with others. My child must receive good education.My viewpoint is that we must take his nature into account.
8.Lubin: I prefer to have TWO children if we can make a choice freely.How can we have two or more children?There are several ways you can choose. Firstly,you can break the law and pay fine of more than fifty thousand yuan.Secondly, you are also able to go abroad to avoid the obligation of family planning.Thirdly,you can pretend to divorce after you have a child,then remarried with another partner to have second child.In my opinion,the third way is dangerous and the second one is a best choice.
9.Mawenqian:
I hope his future is beautiful,when he grows up,he will be own healthy body- phychology condition and first of all ,he can learn how to live happily. I receive telephones every day from my wife,maily reporting his son daily life.I can realize my wife may be exausted especially when our son caught a cold. However I can not help her in this condition.To me,how dare can I think the problem of ¡°How many children you like to have¡±,JUST ONE NOW!

10.Luqingsheng: I think that education is a science, which must be learned by all parents. And there is no bawbee in education. The most important factors about the education of my son in this age are habit, health and character. Habit means good life habit, for example, getting up and going to bed on time, washing hands before meal, no soak, etc. Health means healthy body, which most parents pay more attention to. Character is most difficult to educate. But I think it is very important, because it will influence even determine the fate of the children. My experiences tell me that the most effective education methods is example, which is better than precept.
11.Liangwei: After years of encouraging reproduction, the Chinese government implemented a policy known today as the one-child policy .The policy has at times been praised as an effective tool for ensuring that China will be able to continue to support its large population and at times reviled as a tool for human rights abuses and female infanticide. However,the policy has increasingly opposed by people.With the improvement of our life and aging population,it has already not welcomed.For example:The population of Shanghai city has decreased for consequent 11 years. In my opinion,two children are appropriate choice for me,although I have not a child at present.
12.Xiabing: As a father,what is my expectation to my son? The answer is one word: happy.In order to have a happy life,he must be healthy.The health include physical health and psychic health.All of parents know the important of physical health.Without a good body ,one can not do anything.But if a child only has good physique,without well psyche,he could not have a happy life.In the course of growth,children may have much setback and failure.Only he is healthy in psyche, he could overcome these difficulty.So I hope the character of my son is firm and endurant.I also hope he has some humor.Besides health,he must have knowledge.
13.Xiyanming:  If you have more than one child in your family, children would not feel lonely, and facilitate to cultivate normal character, such as cooperation and team spirit, not selfish. Although I prefer to have more children, taking for one-child policy of our country, I basically approve. In modern society, people are confronting with all kinds of pressure, including from family and from society.If there is one child ,his/her parents will devote more material resources and energy to their child, and benefit development of child, meanwhile, parents will have more energy to work and study. Moreover, the human race has experimented a consistent increase in population since the beginning of its history, facing the world population explosion in the near future, and subsequently bringing the serious issues such as employment, shortage of resources, famine and disease, it is particularly prominent in developing countries including china, To solve issues above , it is necessary to carry out birth control program.

 14.Zhenliang: Here are some tips how to teach your kid. First of all, in early childhood, communication between parents and child is the best way among variety of educational decisions that affect the child. Because that a child learns through social interaction with other adults and other children. A prime example is the parent-child relationship. Parents encourage and foster this relationship as well as relationships with peers and other adults by supporting the child in his or her efforts and later allowing the child to function independently. The parents' role is one of supporting, guiding, and facilitating development and learning.

 15.Chenquan: Birth-control is an very useful policy to decrease the growth of population. But I consider it is not suit to times. The government should balence control of population and rising the making of populace. I think if it is suitability to broaden the policy partly, such as to permit two children in double-aristocracy family.

 16.Wangxin: First,as the father,I take my daughter as a good friend and like talking about every things that she concerns,never regarding her as a childish baby.Second,I have done some achievement,seting up a good example for her.She maybe thinks that she should learn from her father.Third,as a father I love her very much,always encouraging her when she encounters difficulties and praising her when she made progress.Above all,a harmonious happy family is very important for her to grow up. Believe in your children for ever.Childrens are always naivete.As parents,you should believe in what your children told you,their feeling,their ideal,their worry.

 17.Guanjianzhong: If I have a chance to choose freely, I will have at least two children, a boy and a girl. When they are young, they can play with and care for each other while we are working, and thus they can learn to help others who are in trouble. If we have two more children, our chilren will not have stronger sense of superiority, they have to learn to face the reality and will be a down-to-earth persons. What's more, they will take care each other after us. In addition, they would have time and vigor to care for us when we are not able to attend us. Thus the aged problem in our society will be settled.

 18.Denweizhe: A kind of wrong conception, everything of foreign country is better than china, is existed in many people¡¯s mind. They spent a lot of money sending their children to study, even borrow money without stint. They don¡¯t think to not only burden own family with more questions but make hardly supervise their children, who is not sound in mind and body. 
Secondly, comply with child
¡¯s inborn traits. The fast-paced tempo of contemporary life leads to keen competition and take up an occupation difficult. Many parents hope that child could be a victor in coming social. Children are imposed on lots of extra tasks except homework, for example at the same time studying piano, handwriting, Olympic math, singing, and so on. However, never take child¡¯
s like or unlike into account.
Last one; promote traditional culture education. We should acknowledge advanced west culture and technology bring profits for us. Furthermore, some harmful matters came here. I only want to enumerate a fact.
19.Wangwei: The one-child policy of our country is a wise decision. Our country is too populous. The limited soil and natural resources could not support the unlimited population. On the other hand, along with the policy be put in practice, the government is also challenged by a series of problem, such as the conflict between the increasing aging population and the able bodied population. But even so, the redundant population in countries and the unoccupied population in the cites are still large. And so, many measures have to be adopted to solve these problems.

Have you ever quarreled or even fighted with your spouse? Do you think it does harm to your relationship or it is a lubricator with which you can smoothen your relationship and achieve a better understanding of each other?
If you have quarreled with your spouse, what do you quarrel about? And how do you usually end the quarrel?
If you are not married yet, do you think you will quarrel with your future husband or wife? And why?

Liangwei:I think that quarrelling is also necessary. It is a kind of communication between us. we come to terms when we know the idea of spouse. Of course I compromise more frequently ,because my wife is younger than me and man should be more magnanimous than woman.
Lubin: As most young couples, I often quarrel with my wife .But I don't think it does harm to our relationship .On the contrary, it is lubricator with which we can smoothen our relationship and achieve a better understanding of each other.
WangweiI do not like to quarrel with any others, in particular with women. In general, when I felt we were going to quarrel, I explained the reason at once or did not say a word until my wife stop her holler, then
console her.
Chenquan: The quarrel is an two-edge of sword. Temperately quarrel can adjust fade life. Too much quarrel mean the end of marriage
Chenfangguo:Quarreling is lubricator with which we can smoothen our relationship and achieve a better understanding of each other. 1.We can releases our complaint about our work in the quarrel.2.We can elaborate our different opinions on the same matter. 3.We can explain our understanding of the life¡¯s meaning. So we can reached on an agreement with that how to get a happily life.
Liuanan: It will be impossible between two persons to have unanimous suggestions forever. A couple when being inconsistent about some views of thing, may produce some and dispute too, even quarrel. There is only some in the method to solve the quarrel, that is to have one parties to make concessions.
Xiyongming: As I know, even though best spouses, they seldom did not quarrel with each other in their lifetime , this is to say, quarreling is a normal phenomenon between husband and wife. Anyway try you best to avoid or reduce disadvantageous influence, as possible as you can try to tolerate or yield each other.
Caoxiaopeng: Appropriate quarrel can smoothen the relationship and achieve a better understanding of each other. If they quarrel about trivial matters, the husband must make a compromise initiatively.
Mawenqian: How to deal with the quarrel? My experience is that don¡¯t let quarrel go to tomorrow. It means don¡¯t let the shade of quarrel covered your hearts.
Zhoudong;we should have a positive attitude ,finding the reason, it will improve the understanding between couples .On the contrary, if we have a hostile attitude, always thinking of myself, ignoring the spouse ,it
will make situation worse, day by day, you may feel the marriage is poor and not deserve to keep.
Chenjie when quarrel spread to parents, that trouble comes. So keeping quarrel secret is very important to couple's relationship.
Wangxin Quarrels may help to strengthen the relationship of your wife and you. But why not try to solve the matter in an peaceful way? and you may cause her rage and cry, but never hurt her heart!
Liujunlou:I think the man are commonly stronger than the woman .It is obvious that the man should win in the fight. But I think a fight can do harm to my wife's body and heart. It can lead to a divorce in the end. I also think a man who always beat a woman is not a true man.
Zhouyangming:As the result of marriage, two single stream converge into one union ,most of the time, the love river flows peacefully and accompany chirrupy music. Unfortunately, the whirlpool is doomed to present and bring mess and challenge for your life.
Denweizhe People say that the couples have not next night¡¯s unhappiness. It includes two sides of meaning. One is that the couples get along quite happily. Two is that they can nearly settle all kinds of contradiction rapidly. Otherwise, they don¡¯t live happily and stay even for a long time.
ChenjieI: think because we love the other side we got married. In addition, two people walking together tothis day is not easy. We should understand each other and try our best to avoid quarrel.
Guanjianzhong: I think quarrelling between the couples is a normal thing, it can help us to understand eachother much more. Because we are from different families and have different education and living environments, so we will have various thoughts about things.
Zhenliang: We have to understand that relationships are based on commitments. There are times when people feel frustrated with marriage, kids and feel that they lack independence and individuality. Marriage usually turns sour when both partners stop taking active responsibilities.
Xiabin: I think quarrel of spouse is unavoidable. Because all husband and wife come from different life and culture background. So they have different viewpoint about society?family?work and eating habit etc.
Contradiction and conflict is inevitably .It is impossible spouse do not quarrel for lifetime

Imagine these two scenes -- -- Daddy hard at work, Mommy at home with the baby. Would you like to follow this traditional model in your family or convert it into a modern one. What is the perfect pattern of family in your mind?

 

Xiabin: I think the ¡°housekeeping matron¡± is also an job, it¡¯s important is the same as the work of husband. The work of housekeeping matron need knowledge and intelligence, they should be respected by people.

Wangwei: The number of the model of family ---- Daddy and Mommy all hard at work ---- is increasing quickly. In this model, Daddy and Mommy allow for each other. Either Daddy or Mommy has the equal station and bear the same responsibility for the family.

Zhoudong£ºMan work hard out and woman stay at home, doing housework and taking care of kids, this scene usually occurs on the screen, perhaps, you think it is an ideal style, however, in my opinion, that is not the case.

Xiyongming: In my opinion, work perhaps is not means for making a living for such family but means of enjoying happiness. As I have previously told you, a perfect pattern of family first of all is a extended family and happy family, in this family every member enjoys happiness from family and work.

 Liujunlou: I am not a selfish man; not a heartless man. I also love my wife. But no money, no family. Who will care our baby? Let our parents or parents-in-law do it. I think it is the perfect pattern of family for most people in China.

Zhengliang: A husband is working outside while his wife at home has some advantages: the husband could concentrate his mind on his work or business; the wife stays at taking care of the kid, doing housework and handling problems; the wife has much time looking after the kid, especially tutoring the kid; it can lessen the pressure of employment in cities.

Guanjianzhong: I prefer traditional life style- Daddy hard at work, Mommy at home with the baby-the perfect pattern of family. Anyway, I prefer traditional life style, but I have no enough money to do so. I hope I can do.

Zhouyanming: Out of question, I¡¯d prefer to the traditional model of family. I want the rhythm of live is comfy. If the couples all are up to the elbows in work, what would happen then? The home is unlike the hotel, it including kindness, solicitude, harmony, and so on. All this can¡¯ be afford by the money.

Dengweizhe: ¡°Daddy hard at work, Mommy at home with the baby¡±  is very good. I often yearn for this living style. But nowadays we see work as a means of making a living. In realistic society, many people want to take part in working and attempt to make much money in order to maintain a happy family. So it is a dream now.

Liangwei: No one can tell us which model is more reasonable. The key is that which model is appropriated with your family. We have no right to claim that which model we are in. I have to study hard and will work diligently to earn enough money to have ability to choose the traditional model.

Chenfangguo: The conventional family includes a husband + a wife + child /children. It possesses more stabilized and more scense of security. And it is the choice of the folks who need the safety, the responsibility and the warm and fragrant. In my family, I know that my wife loves me and I love her too. That is all.

Wangxin: If you ask me which the best family model is, my answer is what suit you and your family is the best one. Why? You and your family is just only yours, being different from that of others.

Mawenqian: You should have a good wife or husband staying behind you. If the life process is coincided with your family, this is the perfect pattern of your family.

Chenjie1: I think that man in charge of outside work and woman working in family are perfect family pattern. What do children work? When they are young, playing is their working. Life is hard, when they are young, they should enjoy their life.

Chenjie: If my husband can earn enough money to make our children and I live happily, I think I would like to stay at home taking care of the kid, doing homework. When my husband is tired after work and come home he will feel the warmth of the family. He is happy so I am happy. This is my opinion.

Liuanan: In my mind, there should be some such members at first in an ideal family: father, mother, children have an docile and obedient dog ( I like dogs very much, it should become members of the family ). But now I can only hope that the mode of this kind of family can be realized early.

Lubin: I like the traditional model in my family. But I couldn't achieve this model because the two reasons : most of us are not wealthy enough to burden all the spending of whole family; with the development of women's liberation, most of women become eager to go out of home to take part in work and enter the society. So it perhaps is a modern model of family.   

Do the following mental test:
If you and your spouse are going to travel together, how would you pack your bags?
A) Either the wife or the husband would take care of the bag packing, that is, with one totally responsible for packing the belongings of two.
B) First, the husband and wife would collect their own things and then pack them together.
C) The two would pack and put their things separately, without mingling together.
Which one do you choose out of the above three choices?
Now the following is the analysis of the answers.
If you choose A, then either you depend too much on your spouse or you take too much care of your spouse. Your family pattern is tilted to one side.
If you choose B, according to the analysis, you have the ideal family pattern. You two are mature and independent persons, and rely on each other for solving problems. Your marriage is a stable and well-balanced one.
If you choose C, you and your spouse are too independent of each other. If you don¡¯t make conscious efforts to care for each other, you are likely to walk apart from each other and end up as strangers.
Do you agree with the above analysis? What is your family pattern? How do you feel about it? How do you understand interdependence between wife and husband in a family?

xiabin
£ºI choice A . But I do not agree the analysis of mental test. I do not think my family pattern is tilted to wife. I and my wife have different work in my family.we can help each other to the housework.And,planing to travel is my wife¡¯s job..In fact,there is no principle difference in my job and my wife¡¯s.

Wangwei: The ¡°B¡± is a bit of my answer, It is impossible for the husband to consider everything every time perfectly, though he had taken one thing with another before their traveling. And the especial importance is that he loves her. Of course, on the way, the husband should tote the total baggage, at least the most of it. The ¡°interdependence between wife and husband in a family¡±is a complex topic. In my opinion, it mainly means ¡°in spirit¡±£¬ not ¡°in physical force¡± In a word, they are of one heart and one mind and stand together regardless of situation.
Xiyongming: B pattern maybe ideal. But I do not generally agree with the above analysis,The three patterns actually reflect changes of family patterns in different times. A represents traditional pattern. B and C are relatively modern. even in A¡¯s circumstances, family or marriage is still stable. As for C pattern, such is widely seen in modern society, specially in developed cities. In my opinion, interdependence including emotion and matter, that is to say, he or she will take his or her responsibility or duty depending on his or her own ability. In addition, interdependence means to devoting to marriage or family, not sharing everything equally.

Liujunlou: B is my answer .But.I think the mental test and its analysis is not very accurate.I select B,but my wife may select A or B. why not select two choices?.I think the analysis is reasonable if my wife and I both select B.When we are married,we form a family and we must take responsiblity for the family,we must interdepend each other and enjoy ourselves but we should not rely on each other excessively.

Zhengjiang: In my mind, parking before the trip is such a boring work. It¡¯s my last thing to do. We used to make a long list that both of us need and we pack them together. My wife picked up B as the answer. But I want to do all the things that she wants to make her happy. She can play the key role in decision-making. But my little wife always follows the principle for family that is to be interdependence in family life. We are both mature and independent persons so she prefers to make decision together. I am a lucky to have this woman as my wife.

Guanjianzhong£º I choice A and I agree with the. analysis Since women are more considerate than men. I think independence between wife and husband is very important in a family. If one depends on the other much more. Thus one side will be less interested in the other than before, your family will be at risk. But any thing is not absolutely,youand your wife are independent and rely on each other, and you two can discuss and come to understanding about solving problems, you and your spouse will be happy, and your family will get on well.

Zhouyanming£ºI¡¯d like B type,The family is a union,helping each other is not mean dependent on the other side,it is a bridge that passes your love. The spouses are mature and independent persons, and rely on each other for solving problems,thus, marriage is a stable and well-balanced one.

Dengweize£ºI am not sure if interpretation of this mental test is quite correct.My family should belong to the B pattern for the test. In a harmonious family wife and husband should act equal role. The relationship of couple is not only dependence but also independence to each other.As a theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine--- Consequence of excess is the same as consequence of deficiency. I think that there are different tunes but equal result between this theory and forgoing test.

Liangwei£ºIf my wife and I are going to travel,we would collect our own things and then pack them together.First,we cann't bring too many packages,we are sure to parcle our things together,since it is more convenient and economical.The common ideas make us together,so we like to do anything together.While everyone has his/her own ideas or necessary,so we have to do something individually .Of course,my wife and I are easy to communicate.

Chengfanguo£ºIn the mental test, I chose B. I don¡¯t agree with the analysis of the mental test. This is only one little trifle in life. It does not reflect the whole thing of life. In my family, I do a little homework. My dear wife does it. She says that I am more of a hindrance than a help. I know that she loves me and I love her too. That is all. I would like to say that a wife and a husband ought to be one people. Of note, according to the Bible, Eve is one rib of Adam.

Chenjie1£ºI agree with above analysis. I think interdependence between wife and husband is very important. Husband and wife should repect two persons life style. Only in this pattern, family life will be happy and harmoney. After my son was born, my husband began to realize he should listen to my opinion. If he did, the relationship between us began to improve. Now our family is happy and harmony.

Chenjie£ºMy selection of this mental test is B.Opportunely,I am not specialize in packing up the baggage.When we go out travelling my husband always tidies up the luggages We two are not indepent persons,We rely on each other.We feel we won't live without the other side. I think there should be relative independence between the spouse.

Mawenqian£ºTo single travel,I wound not take care of the bag packing for my wife can do it,But.in our family, the important issure should be dicussed by our family,we have verbal agreement every important issue of our family we should deal with them together, Now our family is happy and harmony.

Zhoudong£ºDifferent behavior indicate different meanings,But I do not agree with the analysis. .Is it ture or false?i think it is a hard question to give an affirmable answer,becouse of lacking of scientific evdiences. When we decide to go out for a travel,my wife and i both take the responbility of preparing the travel. .So above pattern will help us to find common points and considrate all facts of the travel ,to make the coming travel more safe and charming.

Liuanan£ºI think the analysis is reasonable,but not absolutly correct. Couple should have relation of interdepending.And otherwise they can not become couples . But this kind of reliance should be of both sides, I rely on my wife in some aspects.While my wife of other respects depends on me, this's the family mode in my mind.

Chenquan£ºI choose B, I am not sure what is necessity to my wife on the trip and she is neither. We must collect the thing of ourselves. But I do not agree with such analysis. Life is complicated and just one test can not contain too much. I think the material business shoud be analyzed on its special condition.

17Quwei£ºC:The two would pack and put things separately, without mingling together.
Analysis: My spouse and I are too independent of each other. The idea of a mental test of marriage could only give a vague analysis of the interdependence of a couple.I think that our marriage is stable as a result of our ability to move with the changes. We seek each other¡¯s unique perspective creating a renewed sense of interest and growth.

Lubin£ºI almost agree with the above analysis.I choosed B, In my family,my wife and I love and respect each other.we are not only indenpendent but also interdenpendent in our lives. ,I think that it is also very important to keep interdependence between wife and husband in a family.In this way,we can not only rely on each other for solving problems,but also increase our inter-understanding and feelings.Finally,we can improve our ability of many fields and make further progress. Our marriage will be more stable and well-balanced.

There are several quotations about family. Please choose one or some from them, and tell us your understanding of them. Write an essay to support your view with your own experience as a family member.

Family isn't about whose blood you have. It's about who you care about.
----Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park, Ike's Wee Wee, 1998

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof.
----Richard Bach, Illusions [1977]

I've learned that all a person has in life is family and friends. If you lose those, you have nothing, so family and friends are to be treasured more than anything else in the world.
----Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park, Prehistoric Ice Man, 1999

I think people that have a brother or sister don't realize how lucky they are. Sure, they fight a lot, but to know that there's always somebody there, somebody that's family.
----Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park, Cat Orgy, 1999

Having a holiday weekend without a family member felt like putting on a sweater that had an extra arm.
----Pamela Ribon, Why Girls Are Weird, 2003

The soul is healed by being with children.
----Quotations by unknown authors

A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one another the home will be as beautiful as a flower garden. But if these minds get out of harmony with one another it is like a storm that plays havoc with the garden.
----Buddha, Indian philosopher & religious leader (563 BC - 483 BC

A married man with a family will do anything for money.
----Charles De Talleyrand

The family is the nucleus of civilization.
----William James Durant
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Zhoudong£ºFamily lets me have a chance to share and enjoy the happiness and sadness of the world. Friends played another significant role,we helped and shared each other .I realy feel that family is the most thing to be treasured .
Chenjie1
£ºA child is the most precious resource known to man; they are irreplaceable individuals inherently deserving of love, respect, and proper care. Remember the soul is healed by being with children.
Chenjie
£ºBefore I graduated from the SMMU I had thought family the most important. After I graduated from the SMMU,I think family and friends are equally important
Chenquan
£ºlove given by others including from my family or friends is to be treasured more than anything else in the world. When you live on the earth and know that there are too much love coming from the people around you, It is happy.
Liuanan
£ºIt's about who you care about¡± says essence of family.A lot of people think what maintained a family is the blood relationship. But they only understand one-sided of a family.
Luqingsheng
£ºThe family is the cell that composes the body of the society.The complex relations from simple family improve the civilization.
Quwei
£ºYour brother or your sister could be the only one in the world that has the same blood with you, grow up under the same roof with you, and understand you deeply inside even you couldn¡¯t imagine.
Liujunlou
£ºBy contacting with one another, we can uderstand one another and we can decide what to do and what not to do.That is to say ,we seek common points while reserving difference.family members can give us material and mental support¡£
Wangwei
£ºThe words said by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, but they are just like the ideas gushing from my deep heart. When faced all kinds of difficulties,encouraged indefatigably by my parents and friends, I calmed down gradually. Finally, I passed all the examinations and now I was studying in SMMU for the doctor degree.
Zhenliang
£ºCooperation is necessary not only in doing work but also in our life £¬
we need friends.Friends can help you solve problems which you come across and help you enjoy your life .one must treasure his family.

Zhouyangming£ºAs a married man,I deep understand meaning about family.the core of life isn¡¯t the work, but is the family,whatever you have obtained,without family, you have nothing

Xiabin£º After getting married,the condition is different.I really realizd the important of money for a family.I agree the view ¡°A married man with a family should do anything for money¡±.

Xiyongming£ºI prefer quotation-¡°Family isn¡¯t about whose blood you have. It is about who you care about¡±. In my opinion, this quotation means that a family, whether a extended family or a nucleus family, whose every member not only get warmth ,help and care from other members , but also it need your more dedication , care and fostering
Wangxin
£ºAs to me,family and friends are the most costfull in the world.Because of family,I have life aim and motivity.Deep love for family inspire me to do the most and the best.
Liangwei
£ºI think that all the members in family should care about each other in deed,even sacrifice himself/herself,rather than forcing someone else to do something for certain meaninless aims.frieds enrich my life greatly.I can not image how the world would be if there is no friend of mine.
Guanjianzhong
£ºFamily means safety, warmth and love, and she can encourage me to go ahead. If you want to success, you need to make more friends as possible as you can.
Dengweizhe
£ºfamily is not only a place but also a kind of relationship; everyone in a family has connection with each other. The most important thing in your life is to learn how to give out love.Essence of family is that one for all and all for one.
Maweiqian
£ºPersonally I think ,family means wife and son. to me. Although I think myself is responsible man,I need friends too.
Chenfangguao
£ºWithout a family or friends in your life, you would fell loneliness or fret yourself about that when you staied alone in your house.
Caoxiaopeng
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We need love and care .Who can give us love ?Where can we release our feelings ?Who can listen our confide ?If we face some difficulty ,who can give us a hand ? Our parents ,our spouse and our friends can understand us .Their love are selfless.

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